Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,322 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Danny Glover (1946- )
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Wilberforce University (1856- )
US Supreme Court
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(1978) University of California Regents v. Bakke
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George William Crockett Jr. (1909-1997)

Explore Global African History

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Israeli Black Panther Party (1971-1977)
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Rift Valley in East Africa
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Founding of Sierra Leone, 1787
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George Bridgetower (1780-1860)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Fighting for Racial Justice in the Pacific Northwest: Lillian Walker and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights
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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States
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Is This Mary Bowser?: The Use and Misuse of Photographs to Reconstruct History
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Remembrance in the Cemetery: In Search of “The Accidental Slaveowner”

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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